Champions League Final Stage · INT · Round 1/16

Real Madrid
2 - 1 Full time
Benfica

Estadio Bernabéu · Madrid

Lineups

Real Madrid4-4-2
TC1Courtois
TA12Alexander-Arnold
RA17↓77'Asencio
AR22Rüdiger
AC18↓90'Carreras
FV8Valverde
AG15↓84'Güler
AT14⚽Tchouaméni
EC6↓77'Camavinga
GG16↓84'García
VJ7⚽Júnior
AT1Trubin
AD17Dedić
TA44Araújo
NO30Otamendi
SD26Dahl
FA8↓85'Aursnes
LB18↓90'Barreiro
RR20Ríos
RS27⚽Silva
AS21↓85'Schjelderup
VP14Pavlidis
Benfica4-2-3-1

Real Madrid substitutes

4 David Alaba 6.3 ↑77'
30 Franco Mastantuono 6.5 ↑77'
45 Thiago Pitarch ↑84'
38 César Palacios ↑84'
20 Fran García ↑90'
13 Andriy Lunin
26 Fran González
2 Daniel Carvajal
23 Ferland Mendy
28 Jorge Cestero
37 Manuel Ángel
21 Brahim Díaz

Coach: Álvaro Arbeloa · Unavailable: Dani Ceballos (injury)

Benfica substitutes

5 Enzo Barrenechea ↑85'
9 Franjo Ivanović ↑85'
15 Sidny Lopes Cabral ↑90'
50 Diogo Ferreira
24 Samuel Soares
6 Alexander Bah
4 António Silva
10 Georgiy Sudakov
62 José Neto
16 Manu Silva
72 Anísio Cabral
11 Dodi Lukébakio

Coach: Joao Tralhao · Unavailable: Bruma (injury)

Match events

14'Rafa Silva 0 - 1⚽
16'Aurélien Tchouaméni assist: Federico Valverde 1 - 1⚽
35'Richard Ríos
Second half
51'Nicolás Otamendi
57'Raúl Asencio
77'↑ Franco Mastantuono ↓ Raúl Asencio (injured)⇄
77'↑ David Alaba ↓ Eduardo Camavinga⇄
80'Vinícius Júnior assist: Federico Valverde 2 - 1⚽
84'↑ César Palacios ↓ Arda Güler⇄
84'↑ Thiago Pitarch ↓ Gonzalo García⇄
85'↑ Franjo Ivanović ↓ Andreas Schjelderup⇄
85'↑ Enzo Barrenechea ↓ Fredrik Aursnes⇄
90+1'↑ Fran García ↓ Alvaro Carreras⇄
90+1'↑ Sidny Lopes Cabral ↓ Leandro Barreiro⇄
90+6'César Palacios

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionChampions League Final Stage
Kick-off (UTC)Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 20:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

1Real Madrid wins0Draws2Benfica wins

3 past meetings on record. Biggest Real Madrid win: Benfica 5–2 Real Madrid (2012). Biggest Benfica win: Benfica 0–1 Real Madrid (2026).

17 Feb 2026Benfica 0 - 1 Real MadridChampions League
28 Jan 2026Benfica 4 - 2 Real MadridChampions League
27 Jul 2012Benfica 5 - 2 Real MadridClub Friendlies